NASA’s ‘Juno’ spacecraft, which is scheduled to collect scientific data over a three-year period until July 2021, has captured a mesmerizing image of the planet that brings to mind the famous 1889 The Starry Night painting by Vincent van Gogh.

Citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran produced the color-enhanced photo, shown below. It was taken on 23 May at 10.23 pm PDT, while the explorer was roughly 9,600 miles (15,500 kilometers) from Jupiter’s cloud tops, during its 13th close flyby of the planet.

“The region seen here is somewhat chaotic and turbulent, given the various swirling cloud formations. In general, the darker cloud material is deeper in Jupiter’s atmosphere, while bright cloud material is high. The bright clouds are most likely ammonia or ammonia and water, mixed with a sprinkling of unknown chemical ingredients.”

“A bright oval at bottom center stands out in the scene. This feature appears uniformly white in ground-based telescope observations. However, with JunoCam we can observe the fine-scale structure within this weather system, including additional structures within it. There is not significant motion apparent in the interior of this feature; like the Great Red Spot, its winds probably slows down greatly toward the center.”